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Cargo plane crashes into sea off Ivory Coast with three deaths Ivory Coast crash: Four die when cargo plane plunges into sea
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A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, shortly after taking off from Abidjan airport, with three people dead and several injured. A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six.
The wreckage of the turboprop plane was swept toward a beach where rescuers could be seen treating what appeared to be surviving crewmen. The wreckage of the turboprop plane, which was carrying ten people, was swept toward a beach where rescuers treated surviving crewmen on the sand.
The plane was carrying freight for the French army, security sources told local news site Koaci. All four of the dead are Moldovan while four French nationals and two Moldovans were injured.
It is said to have crashed in heavy rain, coming down near Port-Bouët. Local police told AFP the aircraft had been trying to land when it crashed.
A witness told Reuters news agency four people had been killed: two bodies were removed from the plane while a further two could be seen in the wreckage. According to local news site Ivoire Matin one person was taken into custody after the crash. It is unclear if they are a member of the crew.
But local news site Ivoire Matin reported three deaths and six people injured. One person has been taken into custody, it added. Reuters news agency reports that the plane crashed during a storm with heavy rain and lightning.
According to the site, ten people were aboard the plane when it crashed. The plane was a Ukrainian-made Antonov chartered by the French army as part of its anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane, a French military source told AFP.
It appears that the plane was a Ukrainian-made Antonov.
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